Rory McIlroy. Jon Rahm. Victor Hovland. The three best players on the European Ryder Cup side all had plenty to say about the most unlikely member of the team, Ludvig Aberg.
Speaking on the eve of the BMW PGA Championship, the DP World Tour’s flagship event, the world No.2 was close to his interesting and informative best during a 20-minute joust with the media.
Jon Rahm still hunts for victories, not paycheques. It’s why the 28-year-old sounded off on discussions of FedEx Cup bonus money on the TV broadcast. He feels it is constant and irritating.
Twenty weeks is not a long time in professional golf. That’s how long it is until the PGA Tour returns to Maui’s picturesque Plantation course for the 2024 Sentry (formerly known as the Tournament of Champions) in Hawaii.
The range is their office. And with some potentialy lucrative pay cheques on offer as part of the FedEx Cup Playoffs, they’ve been busy at the FedEx St Jude Championship this week. Here’s a few things I learned observing them at work.
While the 90-minute gathering was poorly attended and little new information was delivered, several players agreed that it was simply good to see the PGA Tour commissioner back at work.
It wasn’t the flat patch of land or Hoylake’s calm conditions that defined the opening 18 holes of the year’s final men’s major, but, rather, the devilish bunkers (81 overall) that litter the place.
Corpuz has followed through on her obligation to the Dana Open, teeing it up at Highland Meadows Golf Club only four days after her life-changing major title at Pebble Beach.
If you’re finding that your practice sessions are losing their effectiveness, try taking a page from men’s world No.2, Jon Rahm, who has started timing himself to increase the productivity of his practice sessions.